Departments

Explore our departments to find your fit

Dive deeper into what we do—and find what’s right for you. We group our departments as follows:

• Business Development

  The Business Development group is primarily responsible for managing existing client relations, identifying and attracting new investors to AQR, and then managing those relationships on an ongoing basis. The group includes members with a variety of backgrounds, including institutional money management, academic finance and investment consulting. This breadth of skills allows group members to provide prospects and clients not only with information on AQR as a business, but also detailed insight into investment process and implementation, current portfolio positioning and developments on the research front.

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  The Business Development group is primarily responsible for managing existing client relations, identifying and attracting new investors to AQR, and then managing those relationships on an ongoing basis. The group includes members with a variety of backgrounds, including institutional money management, academic finance and investment consulting. This breadth of skills allows group members to provide prospects and clients not only with information on AQR as a business, but also detailed insight into investment process and implementation, current portfolio positioning and developments on the research front.

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  • Business Development Summer Analyst – London
  • Return to Work Program, Client Strategies
  • Business Development - VP, Santa Monica
  • Business Development Services - Analyst

• Engineering

  The Engineering team, which comprises 26% of the firm's employees,* intersects with everything we do at AQR. Our engineers work side by side with portfolio managers at every stage, from signal inception through trade execution, to build solutions that fuel the business today as well as evolve and scale for tomorrow. Our engineers help us to communicate performance through world-class data visualization and reporting. They are also responsible for designing the systems and processes that power the firm’s operations and support risk management and reporting. The team also managed the complex data lifecycle that is used throughout the firm and provides the productivity tools that we use every day, from operating systems, communications, whether on premises or in the cloud. And of course all of these things need to be secured, which is done by our security engineers. AQR engineers are exposed to the entire lifecycle of their products, from cradle to grave.  (*as of July 2018)

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  The Engineering team, which comprises 26% of the firm's employees,* intersects with everything we do at AQR. Our engineers work side by side with portfolio managers at every stage, from signal inception through trade execution, to build solutions that fuel the business today as well as evolve and scale for tomorrow. Our engineers help us to communicate performance through world-class data visualization and reporting. They are also responsible for designing the systems and processes that power the firm’s operations and support risk management and reporting. The team also managed the complex data lifecycle that is used throughout the firm and provides the productivity tools that we use every day, from operating systems, communications, whether on premises or in the cloud. And of course all of these things need to be secured, which is done by our security engineers. AQR engineers are exposed to the entire lifecycle of their products, from cradle to grave.  (*as of July 2018)

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  • Software Engineer - Research, Portfolio Implementation and Trading
  • Lead Python Engineer in Research
  • Sr. Technical Lead - Research Engineering
  • Software Engineer-Trading Sytems
  • Data Platform Engineer
  • Software Support Engineer in Research

• Facilities

  The Facilities team provides services that are critical to the well-being of the firm, including building and vendor management, security and contingency planning, space and construction management, facilities and amenities, and reception and administrative support.

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  The Facilities team provides services that are critical to the well-being of the firm, including building and vendor management, security and contingency planning, space and construction management, facilities and amenities, and reception and administrative support.

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• Finance

  The Finance team is responsible for the maintenance of the financial records of the corporate entities of AQR. Their responsibilities include payroll, accounts payable, treasury, accounts receivable, internal and external financial and regulatory reporting, procurement and tax. This team also maintains relationships with vendors, clients, banks and various other counterparties of AQR.

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  The Finance team is responsible for the maintenance of the financial records of the corporate entities of AQR. Their responsibilities include payroll, accounts payable, treasury, accounts receivable, internal and external financial and regulatory reporting, procurement and tax. This team also maintains relationships with vendors, clients, banks and various other counterparties of AQR.

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• Human Resources

  Human Resources leads the firmwide effort to attract, retain, reward and develop top talent. The team partners with each of the firm's businesses to provide a full range of services, including: workforce planning and recruiting, best practices to engage and reward employees, designing competitive pay and benefit plans, and employee promotion and development. In addition, HR serves as an adviser to management, creates programming to foster employee connectivity and firm culture, and oversees QUANTA, the firm’s signature learning and development curriculum for employees.

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  Human Resources leads the firmwide effort to attract, retain, reward and develop top talent. The team partners with each of the firm's businesses to provide a full range of services, including: workforce planning and recruiting, best practices to engage and reward employees, designing competitive pay and benefit plans, and employee promotion and development. In addition, HR serves as an adviser to management, creates programming to foster employee connectivity and firm culture, and oversees QUANTA, the firm’s signature learning and development curriculum for employees.

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  • Compensation and Human Resources Analytics Associate

• Legal & Compliance

  The Legal team works as an internal adviser providing oversight and counsel across all departments within the firm. The team is responsible for monitoring both new laws and changes to existing laws, and for providing guidance and advice on many business issues. The team is also involved in the negotiation of contracts and the structuring of new products related to new lines of business.

  AQR’s Compliance team is responsible for ensuring the firm’s adherence to not only its legal, regulatory and fiduciary requirements, but also to the high ethical standards expected from all of its employees. The team oversees the development of policies and procedures, training and continuing compliance education, risk identification and guidance to business and operational units. AQR’s Compliance team reinforces the firm’s commitment to a culture of compliance in a dynamic legal and regulatory environment.

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  The Legal team works as an internal adviser providing oversight and counsel across all departments within the firm. The team is responsible for monitoring both new laws and changes to existing laws, and for providing guidance and advice on many business issues. The team is also involved in the negotiation of contracts and the structuring of new products related to new lines of business.

  AQR’s Compliance team is responsible for ensuring the firm’s adherence to not only its legal, regulatory and fiduciary requirements, but also to the high ethical standards expected from all of its employees. The team oversees the development of policies and procedures, training and continuing compliance education, risk identification and guidance to business and operational units. AQR’s Compliance team reinforces the firm’s commitment to a culture of compliance in a dynamic legal and regulatory environment.

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  • Counsel - Private Funds and Managed Accounts
  • Compliance Marketing Material Review

• Marketing

  The Marketing team, which is part of Business Development, is responsible for brand management, corporate communications, digital strategy, design and signature events for the firm. Its goal is to raise the firm’s visibility and obtain and retain clients, using a global communications platform to address all investment strategies, regions and client channels. The Marketing team seeks to deliver the most effective, innovative and scalable ways to express the traits that set AQR apart: its close ties to leading academic institutions, investment capabilities, client solutions and industry expertise.

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  The Marketing team, which is part of Business Development, is responsible for brand management, corporate communications, digital strategy, design and signature events for the firm. Its goal is to raise the firm’s visibility and obtain and retain clients, using a global communications platform to address all investment strategies, regions and client channels. The Marketing team seeks to deliver the most effective, innovative and scalable ways to express the traits that set AQR apart: its close ties to leading academic institutions, investment capabilities, client solutions and industry expertise.

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• Operations

  Operations is responsible for supporting the various trading, investment and reporting activities of the firm. The core mission of the Operations team is to establish scalable investment workflows, ensure a controlled operating environment and deliver high-quality service to both internal and external clients. The team also assists with the design and implementation of firmwide projects, operational due diligence, counterparty management and client-related activities.

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  Operations is responsible for supporting the various trading, investment and reporting activities of the firm. The core mission of the Operations team is to establish scalable investment workflows, ensure a controlled operating environment and deliver high-quality service to both internal and external clients. The team also assists with the design and implementation of firmwide projects, operational due diligence, counterparty management and client-related activities.

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  • Fund Services Analyst

• Portfolio Finance

  The Portfolio Finance team manages the firm’s financing relationships, the structure of its portfolio financing and the oversight of its costs. It also develops new financing sources.

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  The Portfolio Finance team manages the firm’s financing relationships, the structure of its portfolio financing and the oversight of its costs. It also develops new financing sources.

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• Portfolio Implementation

  The Portfolio Implementation team is responsible for the construction, optimization and management of AQR’s global portfolios. The team works closely with researchers to bring to market new systematic investment strategies and refine existing ones, applying a practical understanding of markets to portfolio implementation decisions. They also manage portfolios across a broad range of investment mandates and asset classes in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment. The team oversees all portfolio-level activities and manages the launch of new investment mandates, coordinating across senior portfolio managers, client relationship managers and key functional groups.

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  The Portfolio Implementation team is responsible for the construction, optimization and management of AQR’s global portfolios. The team works closely with researchers to bring to market new systematic investment strategies and refine existing ones, applying a practical understanding of markets to portfolio implementation decisions. They also manage portfolios across a broad range of investment mandates and asset classes in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment. The team oversees all portfolio-level activities and manages the launch of new investment mandates, coordinating across senior portfolio managers, client relationship managers and key functional groups.

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• Research

  Our Research group has three teams: Global Alternative Premia (GAP), Global Asset Allocation (GAA), and Global Stock Selection (GSS). The GAP team is responsible for research and portfolio implementation of the firm’s alternative risk premia multi-strategies. GAP researchers, a number of whom are world-renowned academics in the field of style premia, are responsible for improving and developing investment processes by identifying new factors and enhancing the tools used to measure existing factors. The GAA team primarily focuses on portfolio management and research related to macro trading strategies, including country and currency selection strategies, fixed income arbitrage strategies, commodities strategies and credit strategies. The team is responsible for the management of a number of AQR's hedge funds, as well as the overlay portion of AQR's many international and global equity mandates. The GSS team is responsible for the portfolio management and research of AQR’s strategies relating to individual equities and equity related securities. GSS models are applied to market-neutral long/short portfolios in AQR hedge funds, as well as to long-only, relaxed-constraint and low volatility portfolios for institutional equity mandates and mutual funds.

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  Our Research group has three teams: Global Alternative Premia (GAP), Global Asset Allocation (GAA), and Global Stock Selection (GSS). The GAP team is responsible for research and portfolio implementation of the firm’s alternative risk premia multi-strategies. GAP researchers, a number of whom are world-renowned academics in the field of style premia, are responsible for improving and developing investment processes by identifying new factors and enhancing the tools used to measure existing factors. The GAA team primarily focuses on portfolio management and research related to macro trading strategies, including country and currency selection strategies, fixed income arbitrage strategies, commodities strategies and credit strategies. The team is responsible for the management of a number of AQR's hedge funds, as well as the overlay portion of AQR's many international and global equity mandates. The GSS team is responsible for the portfolio management and research of AQR’s strategies relating to individual equities and equity related securities. GSS models are applied to market-neutral long/short portfolios in AQR hedge funds, as well as to long-only, relaxed-constraint and low volatility portfolios for institutional equity mandates and mutual funds.

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• Risk Management

  The Risk Management team monitors and manages market, credit, liquidity, model and funding risk exposures of firm-managed investments. The team performs a wide range of primary and macro-driven research, including stress-testing, scenario analysis, and hedging methodologies. The team works closely with the firm’s portfolio managers covering macro, equity, credit and derivatives markets in order to holistically manage the firm’s risks.

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  The Risk Management team monitors and manages market, credit, liquidity, model and funding risk exposures of firm-managed investments. The team performs a wide range of primary and macro-driven research, including stress-testing, scenario analysis, and hedging methodologies. The team works closely with the firm’s portfolio managers covering macro, equity, credit and derivatives markets in order to holistically manage the firm’s risks.

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• Trading

  The Global Trading Strategies team is responsible for efficient trade execution of AQR’s investment strategies. The team is comprised of traders, trading assistants, trading infrastructure and trading algorithm developers, as well as market microstructure and short-term signal researchers. The team designs and develops algorithmic trading methodologies in many asset classes globally. The team also performs transaction cost analysis on the many markets that the firm trades in, which feeds the transaction cost forecasting models for AQR’s investment strategies. Working in conjunction with Portfolio Management, Research, Operations, Legal and Credit, the Trading group seeks to develop and maintain an effective and scalable trade execution platform for all of the portfolios that AQR manages.

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  The Global Trading Strategies team is responsible for efficient trade execution of AQR’s investment strategies. The team is comprised of traders, trading assistants, trading infrastructure and trading algorithm developers, as well as market microstructure and short-term signal researchers. The team designs and develops algorithmic trading methodologies in many asset classes globally. The team also performs transaction cost analysis on the many markets that the firm trades in, which feeds the transaction cost forecasting models for AQR’s investment strategies. Working in conjunction with Portfolio Management, Research, Operations, Legal and Credit, the Trading group seeks to develop and maintain an effective and scalable trade execution platform for all of the portfolios that AQR manages.

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